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CALGARY- Mayor Naheed Nenshi is blasting a move by the federal government to make rail companies provide information about the dangerous goods they’re transporting, saying it doesn’t go far enough to protect first responders.

However, that means the information doesn’t need to be passed on in advance—which Nenshi says doesn’t help in an emergency situation.

“For our first responders, they can look at trends and say, ‘if X material is coming through the city, we should make sure to we have the equipment on hand.’ So it’s helpful for planning, but not for emergency response.”